I am back with a post (after err..3 weeks?). I have not read any of the blogs. I have to catch up on other blogs too. There was a time when I had nothing much to do and now I am suddenly getting boggled with work. I was stuck in a training and as soon as I am back, I have hell lot of work to finish 😦
We had a session where we were supposed to write the activities that we like doing the most and using them find a dream job. Funnily, I just had eat, sleep, watch TV, movies etc on my list. I felt the best job which will allow me to do these activities would be that of a housewife. Later on, I found out that all the other girls had the same ‘dream job’ too. 🙂 Only one girl had the dream of winning a beauty pageant. There was a time when I wanted to do this and that but now I guess I am tired of all the running. Hopefully will get out of this phase soon.
One good thing that I did in these days is something that I wanted to do from a very long time. Our group went to a community service center in the town and we did some voluntary social service. It was quite tiring but I really had such a great feeling later on. I felt like I did something to the society. Earlier I had donated all my old clothes to such a center when I changed my city, but this time I was working there as a volunteer.
This center provides food, clothing and other basic stuff to the homeless and other economically backward people. Some of us worked at the clothing section and the rest of us were at the food section. My job was at the clothing section. I had to hang clothes to the hangers and pick up any clothes lying on the floor. I also had to remove empty hangers lying around. The clothes section was open for the needy people. These poor families could take any clothes they liked. Almost everyone of them spoke Spanish and they tried speaking to me in Spanish. I could not understand and just shook my head in reply. Some people even helped me pick up empty hangers, which was a very sweet act from their side. But my legs started paining and I realized the fate of salespeople in malls, where I mercilessly throw clothes around after trying. It is kinda painful to put clothes onto the hanger, since it is an endless job 🙂 You keep folding some of them but many more keep getting unfolded. Finally, we were done!
They usually donate clothes twice a year, once in Jan and once some time later. Hence there were too many people standing in line to enter the clothing section. They also provide free education to the poor. I could see computer classes going on in various rooms. I also heard that almost 2000 families turned towards the center for help in just nov-dec time-frame, which means that 2000 families who were able to feed themselves, needed help now. This recession can have such a bad effect on the society 😦 I felt bad seeing people standing in line for food and clothing. What was worse was to see very small kids starving and wearing ragged clothes. The food was left-overs which the restaurants/shops donate. Most of the food was already expired, some of them even 2 months back. I made a decision to donate anything that I do not need to this organization. I will never throw anything, instead will try to donate it to such people in need. I cant wait to get back to this center again and do whatever I can for the poor.
Donate anything and everything that can be donated. Please do not throw your old clothes and shoes!!!
Wow.. welcome back AK… 🙂 🙂
thats a really great thing to do… and the satisfaction we get in doing it is unmatchable….
hope you visit that centre one more time soon… 🙂
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Thanks Kanagu 🙂 Feels so good to be back in blogosphere after such a long time. Yeah I really want to make some time and visit that center again 🙂
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You are a good girl, Ashwini. Here, some van from some organisation comes to collect old clothes twice a month. They take anything and everything. We, I won’t say the word ‘donate’, because we are giving away unwanted things, give them whatever we keep aside – extra things – to them.
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Thanks Sandhya 🙂 That’s really nice that you give old clothes this way. I am sure it will help someone who is in need of those clothes 🙂
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wow..u shd rename urself..such a helpful charm can’t be avada kedavra :)) nice job buddy
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hehe. thanks gils 🙂 😀 I still prefer AK as my name (still want to sound evil. hehe)
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GOD ash!is that you???? 😛 That was a really noble thing *hugs* Missing you around here in blogville,just don’t move out without telling,kay?:(
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hehe. thanks sweetie 🙂 *Hugs* to you too. Yep I missed blogville soooo much. Really glad to be back. Hopping to your blog now. I have so many posts to read now 😦
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Wow! Nice return .. welcome bk AK 🙂
Its nice of u to do this one .. I give away stuff way before they get worn out .. I don’t want to give it off just bcoz the colour hs faded or they r torn or something like that 🙂
If I buy some new ones, I usually make sure I compensate for that by giving away old but good ones .. nice idea to go shopping that is 😛 😛
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Thanks Swaram 🙂 Missed reading your posts a lot 🙂 I have lot of your posts to read now 🙂 That’s so sweet of you to donate clothes that way! Not many people do that, you know. Yeah now even I do that. It gives a very good reason to buy new clothes 😀
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i second gils.be evil and keep up the reputation of your name..free
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hehe. I still am evil you know 😛 how you been soin? Long time since I read your blog. Missed reading blogs the most!!
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me been fine.final sem so free.anyways usual fellows not writing much these days.all are so busy.free
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yeah usual ones have kinda stopped blogging. Missing lot of bloggers. Even Vishnu doesnt blog these days!!
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Good, you are back to blogging. That was a nice resolution. Keep doing ! 🙂 . I will also try to do ..
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Thanks Vani 🙂 I saw your posts but couldnt read them 🙂 Need to catch up on blogs now!!
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that really is so wonderful… instead of throwing away, the clothes would warm someone whos in need…
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Thanks Raji 🙂 That’s true. I realized how helpful the clothes we donate are to the poor, only after I did this voluntary service.
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That’s something really nice to do. What you saw was only a small fraction of the countless troubled people on our planet.
I wish we all could stop cribbing about our lives and spare a thought, even if just for a few minutes every day, for all such needy people…
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Thanks Shobhit. Yep if every person spends even a day in a yr for such a service, it will really help the society.
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Whattay comeback miss!!!!:-) Happy is me!
That’s a noble thing to do. I relate to it as my mother has been doing it since we were kids..it sort of passed on to us now. So you see, when I open my cupboards and clothes start tumbling out, my BP shoots and I start discarding left right and centre;-)
Could understand what you went through when you saw kids in line for food etc. Makes us feel like what we do is but a drop in the ocean.
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🙂 thanks girlie 😀
That’s a nice thing that you do. Even mom used to give away clothes as soon as my cupboard would overflow 🙂
Yeah it’s really sad to see these things happen and then feel bad that we cannot much about it 😦
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Ashwini good to see you back … I missed your posts & comments… me too give away extra clothes… you have a very noble thing and compassion is a very big virtue… expect more posts from you …
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Hey thanks soo much Dhiman 🙂
Yep will try to be a regular blogger from now on 🙂
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madamji, welcome back..good to see you back after a long time…the donation part was a fab thing you did..may all your dreams (read, ur wish list) come true 😀
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Hey neha!!! 😀 😀 thanks yaar 🙂 Soooo glad to be back in blogosphere with you guys/gals 🙂 Missed you all sooo much!
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Nice to see you back, I guess…
but what happens if we don’t donate some clothes?
“mangahut.com” rules
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🙂 Thanks. Welcome to my blog!!! 🙂
If you dont donate, I guess it goes into a garbage can or something and nobody can use it. People may or may not recycle it. But if you donate, someone else can use it. Someone who cannot afford to buy new clothes can wear the same thing that you had and then, throw it once its life is over 🙂
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